The Gift

"In, out

Deep, slow

Calm, ease

Smile, release

Present moment, wonderful moment."

Meditation Poem
From The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh

"The fourth element of our body is air. The best way to experience the air element is the practice of mindful breathing.

"Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out."

2-Minute Meditation: A Warm Cup of Tea

Please enjoy this short meditation that you can use during the holidays or any time you need to regain your center. You can listen as often as you like, or you can listen once and then continue to dip into tranquility whenever you wish. The introduction lasts about a minute. The meditation itself is 2 minutes long.

Peace.

CLEANSING PRAYER

May your hands be cleansed so that they create beautiful things.
May your feet be cleansed so that they take you where you are most needed.
May your heart be cleansed so that you hear its guidance clearly.
May your throat be cleansed so that you speak words of kindness and love.
May your eyes be cleansed so that you see the wonder and magic all around you.
May every cell of your being be restored to its pristine state.
And so it is! with love and gratitude.

As I read these words posted by Emmanuel Dagher, I felt a deep urge to send this prayer to the Earth, and to include its waters in the vision. We can be cleansed and our energy purified by loving thought and intention. So can every thing in the universe if we hold and maintain a high vibration. Let's put down the worries about the state of the planet as we hear so much right now about the nuclear problems emanating from Japan. Let's make an exchange of energy this Thanksgiving with our beautiful Earth, appreciating and expressing gratitude for all of its gifts to us, and sending blessing and healing energy to the Earth from our hearts.

In deep appreciation to you,
Namaste.
Meta

Sample Recorded Meditations

These are short examples of the meditations for you to try out. The full recordings are about 5 minutes long, and include a 2-3 minute introduction and a 1-3 minute meditation. I recorded them very simply - it's just me and my computer. My purpose is to present different styles of meditation to you so that you can find a way that is easy for you, that pleases you, and that, once you discover your way, you will actually make the time to do.

BREATHE "I AM": Sample mp3

WARM CUP OF TEA: Sample mp3

 WIGGLE: Sample mp3

LETTING OFF STEAM: Sample mp3

 REMEMBERING HOW IT FEELS TO BREATHE: Sample mp3


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UPDATE: The full-length meditations will be available again after the first of the year.

New Meditation Samples

Summer roses at Grace Cathedral

I am really glad that I have figured out how to publish my meditation mp3s online. I have been so focused in the past 3 weeks on preparing the meditations, recording them, and designing the websites to get them out into the world! It has been many hours of flailing around in the [technological] dark, but I am pleased with the results of my first efforts.

These recordings are very simple.

Infinity Centering Meditation

The infinity sign is in the shape of a figure-8.  Hold this symbol to your heart for this whole year.  Throughout the year, let it expand like ripples emanating from two pebbles dropped together in a pond of still water.  Centered in the heart, let the top of the "8" touch the throat and the bottom of the "8" rest at the stomach.  Allow it to expand to caress the brow and belly; the top of the head and the knees.  Let this symbol for infinity stretch to touch the Earth and the Sky.  Expand your conscious awareness of your connectedness to All-That-Is from the center of your heart.

New Moon Meditation 11/6/2010 mp3

0 The Fool (Thoth Tarot Deck, Alistair Crowley), Carnelian, and
Owl (Animal Spirits Knowledge Cards, The Susan Eleanor Boulet Trust)

Welcome
Focus
Meditation
Closing


If you prefer to read this meditation, click here for the focus and here for the written meditation.

New Moon Meditation 11/6/2010:The Fool, Owl, Carnelian

As we start our meditation, stretch, wiggle and scootch a little bit to send your body the signal that it is time to get quiet, time to go inward to connect with your own inner wisdom.

So get yourself in a comfortable position. And remember, let meditation be easy.  If you need to get a drink of water, adjust your position, cough, move around, feel free to do that. Meditation should be easy...otherwise we don't do it.

Let's take a deep breath...inhaling...full but not forced...exhaling...and relax. 

Focus for New Moon Meditation 11/6/2010:The Fool, Owl, and Carnelian

For this meditation, let's focus on 3 energies:  the archetype of The Fool, who asks us to live our lives with courage and joy; the gemstone Carnelian, which works with the Orange Ray, the color of the 2^nd chakra; and the animal Owl, particularly Barn Owl, who asks us to bring wisdom, magic, and perception to our conscious awareness.  I'll present a bit about each of these qualities and you bring your own knowldege and responses into your awareness.

The Fool is always stepping into renewal and growth. 

New Moon Meditation 11/5/2010

Last Quarter

I will be doing a new moon meditation with Mary Baxter (see her website at marysclearings.com) Friday night, Nov. 5, 2010, at 7pm.  Join us if you are in the San Francisco Bay area, or check back here to listen to the meditation after I post the recording.

RSVP to me at metareiki@comcast.net

New Moon Meditation 11/5/10

The next new moon meditation will be held on Friday, November 5, 2010 at 7 p.m.  Please bring a notebook so you can record what comes into your awareness during this evening.  It is very helpful to anchor in the wisdom by writing or drawing it, and it is also useful to check back later to see whether you have integrated the information into your life or you need to revise it.

Also, everyone please invite a man to the meditation.  They may or may be able to participate on this particular evening, but I want to expand this circle to include everyone.  The new moon is about new beginnings and as such is not "gender specific."  When I asked a man who joined us last time how to reach out to more men, he said "Each of you ladies should invite a man."  As simple as that!  So let's create this new beginning.

New Moon Meditation Circle 10/7/10

We have decided not to hold the new moon meditation in person this month because it falls on my daughter's 10th birthday and she has plans!  I am launching this blog today, however, to offer online "meta-tations." (Thanks Melissa for that great suggestion.)  I will post a meditation you can read for yourself, so check back Thursday evening, October 7, 2010, for the first new moon of autumn.